Newsday.com - Dec 1 2011

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Clues Answers
''GoodFellas'' Oscar winner PESCI
''Permission granted'' YES
''To explain . . .'' IMEAN
Accomplishments FEATS
Accomplishments DEEDS
Ad-hoc legislative group SELECTCOMMITTEE
Aspiring dr.'s hurdle MCAT
Australian birds EMUS
Author Haley ALEX
Author Morrison TONI
Backgammon needs DICE
Bangkok natives THAIS
Baseball great Ripken CAL
Basso solo ARIA
Be a kvetch CARP
Betting figures ODDS
Budgetary bigwig CFO
Calf-length dress MAXI
Can still win HASASHOTAT
Change shape, in sci-fi MORPH
Circus stage RING
Colosseum site ROME
Criticizes SLAMS
Devastation HAVOC
Director Reiner CARL
Either ''Fargo'' co-director COEN
Eliot-inspired musical CATS
ER workers MDS
Eternally EVER
Faux __ PAS
FDR successor HST
Federal elec. utility TVA
Fictional account TALE
Fight site ARENA
Frilly mat DOILY
Govt. mortgage agcy FHA
Hard-hearted COLD
Helpful contacts INS
Henley Regatta tool OAR
Clues Answers
Husky's tow SLED
In a tough spot TREED
Indian metropolis DELHI
Joint possessive OUR
Knocks on the noggin BONKS
Language ending ESE
Lap dog PEKE
Legendary Old West lawman EARP
Leprechaun land ERIN
Line through Greenwich, England PRIMEMERIDIAN
Molten rock LAVA
No walk in the park HARD
Old enough OFAGE
On the couch SEATED
Pan Am rival TWA
Phraseology CHOICEOFWORDS
Plant part STEM
Porcine cry OINK
Puts on ice COOLS
Roast host EMCEE
Shoe material SUEDE
Shrimp dish SCAMPI
Spherical bacteria COCCI
State with confidence AVER
Suffix for Caesar EAN
Supply, as elevator music PIPEIN
Tachometer letters RPM
Takes the lead PULLSAHEAD
Telephonic trio ABC
The enemy THEM
Toledo's lake ERIE
Toothed tool SAW
Track shapes OVALS
Use the kiddie pool WADE
Verbal brickbats FLAK
Washed away ERODED
Weaponry ARMS
Winding curve ESS
With defects and all ASIS